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Lot 1241
Sale 986 - Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 29, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$8,000 -
12,000
Lot Description
A Painted Pottery Figure of a Camel
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
唐 陶加彩駱駝
powerfully modelled with a swaying neck and plump body supported by legs standing four-square with a soft bend at the knee; the head reared upwards with bulging eyes and an inquisitive expression, bearing bags of provisions decorated with animal-head masks between two humps across the back.
powerfully modelled with a swaying neck and plump body supported by legs standing four-square with a soft bend at the knee; the head reared upwards with bulging eyes and an inquisitive expression, bearing bags of provisions decorated with animal-head masks between two humps across the back.
Height 21 in., 53.3 cm.
Property from the Collection of Tina and Simon Beriro, Aspen, Colorado